do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3570 — Piaggio/Aprilia)Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-01-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cycle and motorcycle industry, distributive trades, economic concentration, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation, sale

11.1.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 7/5

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3570 — Piaggio/Aprilia)

(2005/C 7/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 22 November 2004, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to
declare it compatible with the common market. This decision is based on Article 6(2) of Council Regu-
lation (EC) No 139/2004. The full text of the decision is available only in Italian and will be made public
after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

— from the Europa competition web site (http://europa.eu.int/comm/competition/mergers/cases/). This
web site provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case
number, date and sectoral indexes,

— in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32004M3570. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex).
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3601 — APAX/Cinven/World Directories)Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-01-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, financial institution, information system, merger control, publication, restrictive-practice authorisation, yearbook

C 7/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

11.1.2005

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3380 — UTC/Linde Kältechnik)

(2005/C 7/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 12 July 2004, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare
it compatible with the common market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation
(EEC) No 4064/89. The full text of the decision is available only in English and will be made public after it
is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

— from the Europa competition web site (http://europa.eu.int/comm/competition/mergers/cases/). This
web site provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case
number, date and sectoral indexes,

— in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32004M3380. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex).

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3601 — APAX/Cinven/World Directories)

(2005/C 7/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 18 November 2004, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to
declare it compatible with the common market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regu-
lation (EC) No 139/2004. The full text of the decision is available only in English and will be made public
after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

— from the Europa competition web site (http://europa.eu.int/comm/competition/mergers/cases/). This
web site provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case
number, date and sectoral indexes,

— in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32004M3601. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 32/2005 of 11 January 2005 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and vegetables
Date: 2005-01-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: citrus fruit, fruit vegetable, import price, leaf vegetable, pip fruit

12.1.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 8/7

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 32/2005

of 11 January 2005

establishing the standard import values for determining the entry price of certain fruit and
vegetables

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(2)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

In compliance with the above criteria,
the standard
import values must be fixed at the levels set out in the
Annex to this Regulation,

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 of
21 December 1994 on detailed rules for the application of the
fruit
arrangements
import
and in
particular Article 4(1) thereof,

and vegetables (1),

for

Whereas:

(1)

Regulation (EC) No 3223/94 lays down, pursuant to the
outcome of the Uruguay Round multilateral trade nego-
tiations, the criteria whereby the Commission fixes the
standard values for imports from third countries,
in
respect of the products and periods stipulated in the
Annex thereto.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The standard import values referred to in Article 4 of Regu-
lation (EC) No 3223/94 shall be fixed as indicated in the Annex
hereto.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 12 January 2005.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 11 January 2005.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ
Director-General for Agriculture and
Rural Development

(1) OJ L 337, 24.12.1994, p. 66. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EC) No 1947/2002 (OJ L 299, 1.11.2002, p. 17).

L 8/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

12.1.2005

to Commission Regulation of 11 January 2005 establishing the standard import values for determining the entry
price of certain fruit and vegetables

ANNEX

CN code

0702 00 00

0707 00 05

0709 90 70

0805 10 20

0805 20 10

0805 20 30, 0805 20 50, 0805 20 70,
0805 20 90

0805 50 10

0808 10 80

0808 20 50

Third country code (1)

Standard import value

(EUR/100 kg)

052
204
999

052
999

052
204
999

052
204
220
448
999

204
999

052
204
400
624
999

052
999

400
404
720
999

400
999

105,3
102,4
103,9

112,6
112,6

114,3
158,0
136,2

49,1
52,5
41,7
34,6
44,5

72,6
72,6

69,0
51,9
79,3
60,0
65,1

44,4
44,4

111,5
101,2
58,5
90,4

95,6
95,6

(1) Country nomenclature as fixed by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2081/2003 (OJ L 313, 28.11.2003, p. 11). Code ‘999’ stands for

‘of other origin’.
Initiation of proceedings (Case COMP/M.3178 — Bertelsmann/Springer/JV)Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-01-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Commission, competition law, economic concentration, infringement procedure (EU), merger control, multimedia, newspaper, publication

C 7/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

11.1.2005

Initiation of proceedings

(Case COMP/M.3178 — Bertelsmann/Springer/JV)

(2005/C 7/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 23 December 2004, the Commission decided to initiate proceedings in the above-mentioned case after
finding that the notified concentration raises serious doubts as to its compatibility with the common
market. The initiation of proceedings opens a second phase investigation with regard to the notified
concentration. The decision is based on Article 6(1)(c) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004.

The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their observations on the proposed concentration
to the Commission.

In order to be fully taken into account in the procedure, observations should reach the Commission not
later than 15 days following the date of this publication. Observations can be sent to the Commission by
fax (No (32-2) 296 43 01 – 296 72 44) or by post, under reference COMP/M.3178 — Bertelsmann/
Springer/JV, to the following address:
European Commission
Competition DG
Merger Registry
J-70
B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel
Notice inviting applications for authorisation to extract hydrocarbons in the Papekop area on Dutch territory
Date: 2005-01-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Netherlands, energy site, exploitation of resources, hydrocarbon, patents licence, petroleum exploration

C 7/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

11.1.2005

Notice inviting applications for authorisation to extract hydrocarbons in the Papekop area on
Dutch territory

(2005/C 7/02)

The Minister of Economic Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands serves notice that an application for
authorisation to extract hydrocarbons has been received for the Papekop area. The area is delimited by the
following points and the straight lines between them:

A.

B.

C.

D.

E.

x = 116 677,51

y = 460 407,57

x = 124 593,42

y = 454 077,11

x = 120 503,40

y = 449 030,56

x = 114 084,29

y = 454 269,37

x = 114 187,05

y = 457 393,09.

The coordinates correspond to the system used by the Rijks Driehoeksmeting.

In accordance with Article 3(2) of Directive 94/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30
May 1994 on the conditions for granting and using authorisations for the prospecting, exploration and
production of hydrocarbons and Article 15 of the Mining Act (Stb. 2002, 542), the Minister of Economic
Affairs invites interested parties to submit an application for authorisation to extract hydrocarbons for the
Papekop area.

Applications may be submitted for thirteen weeks after publication of this notice in the Official Journal of
the European Union and should be sent to the Minister of Economic Affairs, for the attention of Director of
Energy Production, specifying ‘personal’, Prinses Beatrixlaan 5–7, The Hague. Applications submitted after
this deadline will not be considered.

A decision on the applications will be taken not later than nine months after this period.

Further information can be requested by telephone (No (31-70) 379 66 94).
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.3582 — Mannesmann/Fuchs)Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-01-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, merger control, metalworking, restrictive-practice authorisation, steel, tube

11.1.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 7/3

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3544 — Bayer Healthcare/Roche (OTC Business))

(2005/C 7/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 19 November 2004, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to
declare it compatible with the common market. This decision is based on Article 6(2) of Council Regu-
lation (EC) No 139/2004. The full text of the decision is available only in English and will be made public
after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

— from the Europa competition web site (http://europa.eu.int/comm/competition/mergers/cases/). This
web site provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case
number, date and sectoral indexes,

— in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32004M3544. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex).

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3582 — Mannesmann/Fuchs)

(2005/C 7/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 26 November 2004, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to
declare it compatible with the common market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regu-
lation (EC) No 139/2004. The full text of the decision is available only in German and will be made public
after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

— from the Europa competition web site (http://europa.eu.int/comm/competition/mergers/cases/). This
web site provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case
number, date and sectoral indexes,

— in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32004M3582. EUR-Lex is the on-

line access to European law. (http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex).
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2005-01-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

11.1.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 7/1

I

(Information)

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

10 January 2005

(2005/C 7/01)

1 euro =

Currency

Exchange rate

Currency

Exchange rate

USD

JPY

DKK

GBP

SEK

CHF

ISK

NOK

BGN

CYP

CZK

EEK

HUF

LTL

US dollar

Japanese yen

Danish krone

Pound sterling

Swedish krona

Swiss franc

Iceland króna

Norwegian krone

Bulgarian lev

Cyprus pound

Czech koruna

Estonian kroon

Hungarian forint

Lithuanian litas

1,3103

LVL

Latvian lats

136,83

MTL Maltese lira

7,4403

0,69780

9,0430

1,5469

82,99

8,2270

1,9559

0,58090

PLN

ROL

SIT

SKK

TRY

Polish zloty

Romanian leu

Slovenian tolar

Slovak koruna

Turkish lira

AUD Australian dollar

CAD

HKD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

30,245

NZD New Zealand dollar

15,6466

SGD

Singapore dollar

247,80

KRW South Korean won

3,4528

ZAR

South African rand

0,6969

0,4321

4,0763

38 671

239,7800

38,528

1,8155

1,7256

1,6041

10,2144

1,8865

2,1573

1 380,66

7,8438

(1) Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.
European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999 laying down general provisions on the Structural Funds concerning the extension of the duration of the PEACE programme and the granting of new commitment appropriations (COM(2004)0631 — 16064/2004 — C6-0252/2004 — 2004/0224(AVC))
Date: 2005-01-11
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: EU programme, Northern Ireland, Structural Funds, establishment of peace, public safety

6.10.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 247 E/25

TEXTS ADOPTED

Tuesday 11 January 2005

P6_TA(2005)0001

PEACE Programme ***

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regu-
lation (EC) No 1260/1999 laying down general provisions on the Structural Funds concerning the
extension of the duration of the PEACE programme and the granting of new commitment appropri-
ations (COM(2004)0631 — 16064/2004 — C6-0252/2004 — 2004/0224(AVC))

(Assent procedure)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the proposal for a Council regulation (COM(2004)0631 — 16064/2004) (1),

— having regard to the request for assent submitted by the Council pursuant to Article 161 of the EC

Treaty (C6-0252/2004),

— having regard to Rule 75(1) of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the recommendation of the Committee on Regional Development and the opinion of

the Committee on Budgets (A6-0001/2005),

1.

2.

Gives its assent to the proposal for a Council regulation;

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.

(1) Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TA(2005)0002

Appointment of the European Ombudsman

European Parliament Decision appointing the European Ombudsman

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 21, second

paragraph, and 195 thereof,

— having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular

Article 107d thereof,

— having regard to its decision of 9 March 1994 on the regulations and general conditions governing the

performance of the Ombudsman's duties (1), as amended by its decision of 14 March 2002 (2),

— having regard to Rule 194 of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the call for applications (3),

— having regard to its vote of 11 January 2005,

(1) OJ L 113, 4.5.1994, p. 15.
(2) OJ L 92, 9.4.2002, p. 13.
(3) OJ C 213, 25.8.2004, p. 9.
2005/46/EC, Euratom: Decision of the European Parliament of 11 January 2005 appointing the European Ombudsman
Date: 2005-01-11
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: European Ombudsman, appointment of staff

L 21/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

25.1.2005

II

(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

of 11 January 2005

appointing the European Ombudsman

(2005/46/EC, Euratom)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 21, second
paragraph, and 195 thereof,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article
107d thereof,

Having regard to its decision of 9 March 1994 on the regulations and general conditions governing the
performance of the Ombudsman’s duties (1), as amended by its decision of 14 March 2002 (2),

Having regard to Rule 194 of its Rules of Procedure,

Having regard to the call for applications (3),

Having regard to its vote of 11 January 2005,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Mr Nikiforos DIAMANDOUROS has been appointed European Ombudsman.

Done at Strasbourg, 11 January 2005.

For the European Parliament
The President

Josep BORRELL FONTELLES

(1) OJ L 113, 4.5.1994, p. 15.
(2) OJ L 92, 9.4.2002, p. 13.
(3) OJ C 213, 25.8.2004, p. 9.
Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.3666 — Nordic Capital/Plastal Holding) — Candidate case for simplified procedureText with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-01-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, exchange of information, financial institution, merger control, motor car, plastics industry

11.1.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 7/7

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.3666 — Nordic Capital/Plastal Holding)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2005/C 7/09)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 23 December 2004, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration
pursuant to Article 4 and following a referral pursuant to Article 4(5) of Council Regulation (EC) No
139/2004 (1) by which the undertaking Nordic Capital Fund V (‘Nordic Capital’, Channel Islands), ultimately
controlled by a number of private individuals, through an acquisition vehicle, acquires within the meaning
of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Plastal Holding AB
(‘Plastal’, Sweden) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for Nordic Capital: private equity funds,

— for Plastal: development and manufacture of plastic components and systems for the automotive

industry.

3.
On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the
scope of Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. Pursuant to
the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council
Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the
procedure set out in the Notice.

The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed

4.
operation to the Commission.

Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication.
Observations can be sent to the Commission by fax (No (32-2) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post,
under reference number COMP/M.3666 — Nordic Capital/Plastal Holding, to the following address:

European Commission
Directorate-General for Competition
Merger Registry
J-70
B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
(2) Available on DG COMP website:

http://europa.eu.int/comm/competition/mergers/legislation/consultation/simplified_tru.pdf.